The purpose of this study is look at how treatments for ascites affect quality of life. Your quality of life is the ability for you to enjoy the normal things you do. Ascites (pronounced as-ī-tees) is the presence of extra fluid in the abdomen. Sometimes ascites is caused by cancer, also called malignancy. All people who participate in this study have ascites associated with cancer. Ascites can cause symptoms that make it difficult for the patient to do simple things. Patients with ascites often report: Abdominal swelling Difficulty walking. Difficulty breathing. Feeling full when eating. Clothes not fitting due to a swollen abdomen. Swelling in the legs. It is hoped that this catheter will relieve the symptoms of the ascites. The goal of the investigators study is to understand the quality of life before the procedure and after the procedure. Since the patient is having this procedure to make their symptoms better, the investigators want to hear from the patient of how the procedure has affected their quality of life.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
50
Participants will be interviewed twice (if they chose to participate in the qualitative portion) and complete instruments at three time points: 1) immediately prior to the procedure, 2)within seven days after the procedure, preferably prior to discharge, and 3) three weeks after their catheter placement.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States
Determine if there is change in the QoL
of patients who have refractory ascites after the placement of a palliative catheter in Interventional Radiology.
Time frame: 2 years
Determine if there is change in symptoms
of patients who have refractory ascites after the placement of a palliative catheter in Interventional Radiology.
Time frame: 2 years
Determine the impact ascites has on quality of life
via patient interviews and how this is affected by catheter placement.
Time frame: 2 years
Monitor and describe post-catheter placement morbidity and mortality.
Time frame: 2 years
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